THE FOREST SCHOOL

Free Range Learning.

The Forest School is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing experiential learning in a 100% natural environment.

Our One Day School during the school term; provides alternative education for children 5-12 years. We provide an experiential learning space which supports children to develop socio-emotional skills, self confidence and self worth by the provision of closely facilitated and differentiated opportunities.

Our Into the Wild Holiday Club; provides an opportunity for exciting and engaging free play in nature where children can be physically active all day, explore, create and let their imaginations run wild ...

What is a One Day School?

We are fortunate in New Zealand that under the Education Act 1989, school principals may give permission for students to attend alternative education outside the regular school premises, one day per week. This is known as a One Day School.

One day per week at The Forest School, complements your child’s academic curriculum by providing them with a full day of nature immersion and experiential learning; where physical, socio-emotional and holistic wellbeing is supported by highly qualified NZ Registered Teachers and Psychologists.

Explore our environment.

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Perhaps play would be more respected if we called it something like "self-motivated practice of life skills", but that would remove the lightheartedness from it and thereby reduce its effectiveness. So we are stuck with the paradox. We must accept play’s triviality in order to realize its profundity

– Peter Gray

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Sign Up For THE ONE DAY SCHOOL

$85 per sessionOne day every week to complimentfour days of regular schooling